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CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. AFTER THE SERVICE, THE CASKET WAS TAKEN FROM PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN A PROCESSION TO THE AERODROME WHERE IT WAS FLOWN BY RAAF AIRCRAFT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA FOR BURIAL. SHOWN, THE CASKET BEING CARRIED TO THE WAITING AIRCRAFT. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 8 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX).
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